Fabulous!
I absolutely loved this book! I can't say that it was particularly dark, Although it did have some dark themes, it wasn't nearly as dark as I'd expected, It didn't leave me with that warm, fuzzy feeling of contentment, In fact, the ending is unsettling, Nonetheless, I am completely captivated by this story,
When Victoria is offered up as collateral by her douchebag boyfriend in exchange for his bad gambling debts, she could never imagine the turn her life would take.
From doctor to dead girl walking, everything she knows changes in the blink of an eye, The old Ria ceases to exist, replaced by the tougher Tor that rose from her ashes,
Over the course of her captivity, two brothers capture her heart, Caleb, the sweet younger brother becomes her best friend and only source of solace, Meanwhile, she longs for Jude, the fierce and dangerous bookie and head of the crime family, She knows she should hate him, but finds herself drawn to him in spite of all the horrible things he's done,
The book has a suspenseful, mysterious feel to it, with an enemy mob boss out for blood and Victoria caught in the crosshairs, At some point the tables turn, with captor turning into protector, Go or stay, Victoria isn't safe,
This is the first book in the series and does end with a cliffhanger, I will be reading the second book 'Wrath' straightaway to find out what happens, I'm hoping that Tor and Jude get their vengeance and their HEA, I completely fell in love with their unconventional love story, I told there two authors to go and FUCK THEM SELVES after just finishing this fucking book,
Yep.
I'm a little fucking angry right now,
I NEED BOOK!!!!!
MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! There is always that awkward moment that you are reading a book and you realize how sick you really are that you are getting turned on by a murdering asshole who would take your life in an instant.
I felt this dilemma a good bit while reading Wrong, Thigh clenching, throat grabbing and leg spreading Jude will be number one in my dirty thoughts for months to come, Its no lie, I like the asshole men in my books, but most of the time you find half way through they turn all sweet, so when Jude stayed true to himself the whole book I fell a little a harder and by falling I mean legs spread open kind of fall.
I loved Tor the moment we met her, but Im not going to lie at times I cringed and also rooted her on when she opened her mouth.
He would never have to ask me to beg, I would have that shit lit up with an open and dine here sign,
If you like a little darker story with some funny as hell humor and two characters that will win you over within the first few chapters whether they are killing someone or trying to kill each other than you must meet Jude and Tor.
Ms. Cole and Ms. Lovell really pulled together one hell of a story that will leave you wanting more of all the fucking madness that comes when a smartass girl meets a guy who doesnt take no for an answer.
If you are looking for a book with hammock swinging while the characters sip lemonade then this isn't the book for you, One of the things I try to avoid in romance are books with frustratingly obviously unrealistic characters and situations, We love that romance fiction can get us away from everyday life and allows us to daydream about our own heroes, but when a character and/or story is not at all believable, it takes away from the magic that allows you to live in the story.
Most of the mafiathemed books I've read are flawed in this way, so I was pleasantly surprised that the Wrong series is the opposite,
Wrong and Wrath are immersive, real, and dark,
Before her boyfriend's betrayal, Victoria was a resident in the ER who aspired to become a licensed doctor, She had a successful career path, a nondysfunctional family, a clean past, and a decent boyfriend well, he might have been if .
"I am living my dream, but that doesn't mean this is easy, I feel like every life lost takes a part of my soul with it, "
"I stare at the flat green line on the monitor, marking his lifeless state,
'Clear!' Again they shock him, and still nothing,
Come on, live. Just fight a little harder, "
Tor has one of the most drastic character transformations I've read in onlypages, and is again excruciatingly remolded and reshaped in Wrath,
"Blood pours from the wound, and he screams, . . somehow I find myself fascinated by the blood, reveling in his screams, I want him to suffer and I want him to die, "
Jude has always been softer with women because of his devastating and gruesome past, He never resorted to violence towards Victoria, even when she attacked him shortly after meeting him which most people like him would realistically do, He protected her most of the time and tried to avoid hurting her when he could,
Somehow and sometime later, Jude and Tor fell for each other, But I can't tell you how the hell that happened,
While I commend Lovell for writing a more realistic take on a mafialike story with real characters, I would disagree that this was a romance at all.
If there is anything that this book perfectly captures, it's Stockholm Syndrome, Not love.
"She's been ripped from everything she knows and left with nothing but me, I'm the fucking devil and god at the same time because I am the only person who even It's nothingness, or me,
"Yet I willingly bask in his corruption, like some desperate junkie embracing my own destruction, "
"Yeah, I've been a fucking charmer to her, and she's got the psychological and physical scars as a souvenir, "
Aside from Tor's Stockholm Syndrome and Jude's and Tor's physical attraction to each other, I guarantee that you won't be able to determine how they came to "love" each other.
Aside from not abusing Tor and being mostly protective, Jude failed to show any indication that he cared for her, Likewise, Tor's actions and thoughts never revealed that she loved him, Tor and Jude's unengaging conversations revolved around Tor's hostage/collateral status and a bit of dull, static background information about themselves, but that's all there is to it, No emotion, no connection, no chemistry, We're just suddenly told towards the end of the book that Jude cares for her and that Tor loves him.
"I always told myself that passion and love don't matter, spoken by a girl who had never felt it,
They matter, and losing them will hurt more than any of my physical wounds, "
The vivid writing, character transformation, and realistic and fastpaced story saved this book, It's rare for me to find something that is both dark and realistic, I just wish that Lovell had developed the actual romance and showed us how Tor and Jude fell in love, DNF
Im bored and starting to skim, And for me skimming done, I had this book on my Kindle for months, so why did it take me so long to read it
I went completely blind into it, and all I can say is that this is really good.
If you're into dark, a bit twisted reads, make sure you give it a go,
BE WARNED: this one ends in cliffhanger,
I will be reading a second installment straight away, and I can't wait to see how this story will progress, sitelink
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TITLE: Wrong
SERIES: Wrong
AUTHOR: LP Lovell amp
Stevie J Cole
GENRE: Contemporary Romance New Adult
EXPECTED PUBLICATION: Junend
MY RATING:
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Oh gods, no ratings, no reviews!! So I'm going in completely blind so to speak!!
I'm a notorious bookie and in my game paying with your life is not just a figure of speech.
You lose, I collect.
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This was a cray cray ride!! Totally unexpected, . This book blew my mind, sooooo fucking good!! It plays with your head big time, which is the fucked up part, like Tor I wanted to sucker punch Jude in the nuts then kick him whilst he was down!! But then at the end I wanted to be his captive!!
He comes across like a hardened asshole but slowly cracks start opening up and you see a softer side to him and that's what will appeal to all us sick in the head bitches.
. See fucked up!!
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I guess even souless motherfuckers like me have a weakness
This is the first book I have tried by these authors.
. Love the writing style, it's gritty but not too dark ok scrub that shit, it does have some really really dark elements to the story easy to get lost within the pages, you get a strong feel for the characters and that connection that I love.
. I love how the female character is feisty tough with a mouth that could be found on a hardened sailor, love the fact that she's a fighter and not a whiny bitch I want to slap.
. bonus!! Ohh another bonus he sounds fucking HOT!!HOT!! HOT!!
"Your boyfriend owes me money, princess, "
"How much money""Twenty grand, "
"Twenty grand!" I shriek,
"What the hell No wonder you have the hulk after you," I moan,
My boyfriend is a lowlife with a gambling problem
"Take her!" Euan grabs me by the shoulders and shoves me towards the scary man.
"Take Ria as security, I'll bring you the money, "
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You have three days
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COLLATERAL
First off I jumped on this because I was drawn by the cover, then the synopsis intrigued me, it appealed to me out of all books coming out, something unique and different amongst all the rest.
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I am that guy your father warned you about
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The beginning starts off pretty damn gritty which I freaking love, when someone slaughters your family, you, in turn, kill theirs.
Im doing this for revenge, pure and simple, Merciless vengeance. . sit on the edge of your seat rushing through the pages to see what happens next, . I want to utterly destroy Joe Campbell What does happen next even I wasn't expecting this early in the book, . "Dont hurt us, please, “The safe is in the basement, Theres over a million dollars in there,” the woman frantically offers, “Take it! Take whatever Joe owes you,” she pleads, her voice trembling, Shit just got real for this lady who was caught in a compromising position in bed with an innocent guy Wrong place, wrong time BOOM!! that was not Joe Campbell.
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Bring on the next sucker who owes a gambling debt!! Shit just gets real!
I love my dark gritty beware of the monsters hiding in broad daylight kind of reads but I will admit even some of these scenes in this book unnerved me The tongue scene shudders.
. I wasn't expecting it to be dark but that's what I got and that is why this book flies right off mystar rating and flies over to my favourite bookshelf.
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God I struggled my ass off with this review, there was so much racing through my head about this book but trying to find the right words to convey on this review and what I wanted to say just doesn't do this book justice.
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Oh, I loved this! Bloody hell! The ending OMG!!!! Please Lord have mercy for Victoria! !
Can't wait for book!!!
For real, can't wait for book.
I'm really looking forward to it, But also it's pretty scare the shite out of me thinking what's gonna happen to Victoria/Tor! BECAUSE given what Joe had done to Jude's mom and sister!!! You will bloody hope for Tor to never ever leave from Jude!!!
What happened to Jude's mom and sister was.
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So, thanks to Katie for rec this book to me!!
To be honest, this book was pretty different from dark genre I usually read.
It also pretty hilarious!! Wait until Tor get drunk and she will make you laugh your arse off!! This british vocabulary started to hook me, It's okay, I bloody love it!
And to be more honest, I almost put this down, Because after the slaughtered night at Joe's house, things started to a bit mundane, I mean, not so dark, . Not like what I was expecting, But thanks to my loose work hour so i can continue reading this, So, I kept reading . and reading. I loved it that the author also put some hilarious moments in this book, It's bloody rare you laughing when reading a dark genre book, right
Things get nasty and gory when Jude visited Euan Tor's boyfriend, Damn, Jude was so cruel, I know. . I hate Euan for gave up Tor as collateral for his debt to Jude, But, OH MY GOD, still, what Jude done to Euan still make me feel sorry for him, :
And then, there's this nasty old bastard, Bob, Bob is one of Jude's uncles, Family business he inherited here, Bob, decided he thought he will do a favor to Jude if he tortured Tor for information, Little did he know what's waiting for him when he defied Jude's order, . BAM!! It's just nasty, so nasty, . . but Bob, you deserved it!!!
OH!! The sex was also hot!! Jude is savage!!
My favorite moment was when the last time of Jude and Tor together! So sad.
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And I love sweet Caleb!! Jude's little brother,
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